Once upon a time two children lived in a big house on the edge of a wood. Their parents, who loved them very dearly, were rich enough to buy them all the lovely things they longed for, and all day long they played in the beautiful garden. The learnt the songs of the birds and the secrets of the flowers. But one sad day their father and mother left them for a happier home in the skies and the sister and brother were left on their own.The boy did his best to comfort his little sister, but sad days followed and although they didn't know it then
there were sadder days still to come, for the children had an uncle whom they had never seen. He lived far away across the seas; but as soon as he heard that his brother was dead he knew that the children would inherit all their father's money. The uncle also knew that if he got rid of the children the money would be all his.The more he thought of the money the greedier he became, and it wasn't long before evil spread through his head and heart and he determined to kill the children and take their money.
So he hired two robbers, and paid them to take the children into a lonely spot in the wood and there, kill them.
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